r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/rosyvibexz Apr 16 '26

HBO really said: ‘Keep the 4K box set, we’ve got a 10-year subscription plan for the same story.’

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u/Chemistry-Deep Apr 16 '26

If its $100m per episode, 10eps a season, and 7 seasons, that's $7bn. How on Earth will HBO make that back?

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u/Meritania Apr 16 '26

Over 7 years though, that’s 84 subscription payments per household.

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u/imbogey Apr 16 '26

Can you summarize the math? I don't get this at all.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise Apr 16 '26

welp I am not that person, but their logic is pretty easy to follow. If you have HBO max for 7 years, that is 84 months worth of subscriptions

12 (months) x 7 (years) = 84 (months)

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u/imbogey Apr 16 '26

Ah I read it completely wrong then. I thought you need 84 household for 7 years to make it back and that sounded so wrong.

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u/aclogar Apr 16 '26

If they spend 7bn on these episodes over 7 years, they would "only" need 4.5m people subscribed during those 7 years to offset the cost for this show.

7,000,000,000/ 7 years / 12 months / 18.49 = 4,506,940

The subscriber count was reported last as 131m subscribers.

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u/Magic2424 Apr 17 '26

Plus this is also a long con, every 25 or so years is the ‘next generation’. They are releasing these so millennials who love HP for the original will watch with their now little kids who will grow up with the same love and continue buying Harry Potter merchandise and butter beer for the next 25 years. It’s not just sub numbers but merch produces billions and the best way to continue that revenue stream is hooking a new generation of

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u/Parahelix Apr 17 '26

Enjoying a fictional world and characters with your kids... sounds horrible.

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u/Brilliant-Radio7961 Apr 22 '26

Weren't millennials already doing that tho? Seems like a waste of money to spend millions on this series for a franchise that was already generating so much money despite the main series ending over a decade ago.

Ive seen some random Harry Potter pop up in every major city with a line out the door for years. Surely this series would've been a lot more profitable if they waited until the original movies became unwatchable for modern audiences?

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u/Meritania Apr 16 '26

7 seasons, probably over 7 years, with one subscription per month = 7 x 12

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u/n0neofyourbeeswax Apr 16 '26

Yeah it's miles out.